Fellowship training as a modifier of the surgical learning curve

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 863-868

  Bianco, Fernando J ^a   Cronin, Angel M ^b   Klein, Eric A ^c   Pontes, J Edson ^d   Scardino, Peter T ^b   Vickers, Andrew J ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 77953559741     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d73a45     Document Type: Article

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